Have you ever had to be rescued—literally and physically? I have. It was no fun at all. Years ago, I went to the Indian Canyons near Palm Springs, CA, with a friend. We’d planned to spend the day there hiking and playing in its streams and lakes. We clambered up sloping rock walls to jump…
When you were a little kid, did you and your siblings ever sneak out of bed into the living room late at night to hear what the grown-ups were talking about? Maybe you hung back in the shadows and darted behind an overstuffed chair, then listened intensely. Sometimes there were serious words in low tones.…
